In the United States during 2000-2002 (average), white (79.1%) mothers had the highest rates of adequate/adequate plus prenatal care, followed by Asian/Pacific Islanders (74.1%), blacks (67.6%), Hispanics (66.7%) and American Indian/Alaska Natives (58.7%).

Healthy people 2020

Adequate/adeq+ prenatal care: increase to at least 77.6% of live births.

Footnotes

All race categories exclude Hispanics.

Adequacy is measured using the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index, which classifies prenatal care received into 1 of 4 categories (inadequate, intermediate, adequate, and adequate plus) by combining information about the timing of prenatal care, the number of visits, and the infant's gestational age.